New York’s enactment of the Child Victims Act is an extraordinary achievement which has unleashed long-denied demands for accountability. Since the new law allows previously lapsed claims to be filed in court, the next issue for victims and survivors is how to access...

By Sharon Otterman New York Times The Archdiocese of New York has suspended a priest who had continued his clerical duties despite two settlements paid for allegations of sexual abuse of teenage boys. The Rev. Donald G. Timone, 84, is the subject of an internal...

More Hypocrisy? Pope Francis calls for Pedophile Priests to turn themselves into justice: “To those who abuse minors I would say this: convert and hand yourself over to human justice, and prepare for divine justice,” Pope Francis Vatican Church calls for...

By Sharon Otterman New York Times Dec. 20, 2018 MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — The Rev. Donald G. Timone, cloaked in the purple and gold robes of Advent, led the procession down the central aisle of St. Joseph’s Church here on the first Sunday of December. Celebrating the 11:30...